Over the past year it has become commonplace for bloggers to disclose how much money they earn from their blog(s). Personally, I love seeing how much other bloggers are earning. It not only gives me motivation to continue working hard, but it also makes me feel good that others are living their dream.
My freelance writing career is my number one income producer; I do not make nearly as much from other avenues such as blogging.
I have yet to come across any freelance writing blogs that disclose monthly income, so I thought that giving it a try would be a great idea. There may very well be others doing this, and if so, I hope to track their blogs down very soon!
Unlike blogging it is hard to list out every last revenue stream for freelance writing. After all, I complete so many jobs on a monthly basis that it would take hours on end to write them all out, while also attempting to make sense of them.
With that being said, here are some stats that should be easily interpreted.
Number of Completed Projects: 43
Payment by PayPal: 41
Payment by Check: 1
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $4,894.78
As you can see, this was not my biggest month ever in terms of overall income. In fact, I have had months with twice as much income. The main reason for this was that I spent more time than ever before developing my blogs in July. Eventually, my goal is to steady my freelance writing income at around $5,000 while also adding in a significant revenue stream from several of my top performing blogs.
I feel lucky that I can earn a good a good income each month while still having several hours during the workday to develop my blogs.
My goals for posting my monthly freelance writing income are quite simple. 1.) I hope to educate others that earning money as a freelance writer is possible, 2.) Motivation is huge in my book, and I hope that this helps readers to continue to push forward with their own career goals.
So you want to get involved with affiliate marketing? If so, you are definitely moving towards a big money maker if you can get on track. When it comes down to it, there is no limit as to how much money you can make through affiliate marketing. The great thing about this is that you never have to stock an item, but you can sell pretty much anything you want. Once you have an established website or blog you should be able to add affiliate programs to increase your monthly income.
For those of you who want to learn about affiliate marketing, take the time to visit Associateprograms.com. In my opinion there is no better resource for information on this industry. Not only do you have access to top notch information, but it does not stop there. Associateprograms.com also offers an affiliate programs directory which makes it easy for you to find items to market.
Additionally, the affiliate marketing forum is a great place to not only ask questions, but to also read about past successes and failures of others. This is an active forum with more than 15,000 registered users. At the time of writing this there are 65 users online. This is not a huge number, but it is safe to say that somebody will be able to answer your questions within a reasonable amount of time.
Allan Gardyne is the CEO and founder of Associateprograms.com. He has been earning a full-time income from affiliate marketing for almost 10 years, and it is safe to say that he is still going strong. As you probably know by now, I strongly believe in learning from those who have had success in the past. And if you are interested in affiliate marketing, there are not too many people out there who have had the success of Allan Gardyne, and are still willing to help others.
With a lot of money to be made through affiliate marketing, you should look into adding this income stream to your website or blog. If you are still a bit unsure about getting started, consider taking the time to read Associateprograms.com. You will find everything you need to get started!
As I have said before, my technical skills are not the greatest. I have no idea how to design a blog, let alone deal with complexities such as coding. When it comes down to it, I am a writer and that is pretty much what I do. For everything technical, I have to farm out the work to one of my contractors; which is not a huge deal, I suppose. But with that being said, it does cost money, and waiting for them to do the work is not always the easiest thing to do.
Leo over at the Idiot Affiliate recently gave me a plug entitled, “Learn Freelance Writing and Blogging with Chris Blogging.†I was quite happy to see this as I am always interested in spreading my knowledge, and of course, learning from others in the process. But in the last paragraph of his post, I read something that really caught my eye.
“On a side note, I encourage Chris to pick up that technical torch and run with it for awhile. It isn’t as hard as you think it is!â€
This got me thinking; maybe he is right? All this time I have been concentrating on writing, but never taking the time to learn the technical side of blogging.
So my question is, how can I learn about design, coding, and all that other good stuff? Again, since I have no idea what this is all about, I really don’t know where to start.
Any suggestions would be great. After all, if I am going to continue to grow this blog, doing some design work and adding new features is a must.
Let me know how you developed your technical skills. Hopefully this is something that I can work on in the near future!
